Those on the voters list should have received a notice of registration card in the mail. This, along with accepted identification (which can be as simple as a credit card or student card), must be presented at your polling station in order to vote. The location of your polling station is printed on the card.

Eligible voters who did not receive a registration card in the mail can still vote by showing up to their polling station with accepted identification, though the standards are stricter: it has to be an approved document that shows your name and address.

Elections officials anticipate the turnout will top the 2007 vote, which set a record low with only 52.6 per cent of eligible electors casting a ballot. Voting at this year's advance polling was up 38 per cent to 625,000 people.